regan State College
MIH 'ES OF FACULTYCOUNCIL
Meeting #90
ROLL CALL
ELEl1ENTARY
EDUCATION
CURRICULu1.'1
16
February
1954
Faculty Council
ident strand in
gart, Brandon, C
Friday,
Gilfill
Ingalls,
Langton
Plath (for Hood)
(for Dietz),
sto
Zer-an , Also pre
Dorothy B. Fox,
n special
session met at 4:00 o'clock
with Preshe chair and the following
members present:
Boarley,
Clinton,
Colby, Cooney (for Price)" Frazier,
, Gilkey, Gleeson, Goode, Goodman, Grill, Hovland,
Lemon, Lonseth, Norton, Ordeman, Pfanner, Pilcher,
Poling,
Pratt,
.Read, Robinson, Shideler,
Smith
e, Strand,
Tressler,
Walls, Williams,
Winger,
ent were Prof'easor-s C L.Anderson, G. H. Barnes,
• 11. Sherburne, H. Go Vatter, H. D. Wilkinson.
President
Strand
to date of the c
on Dean Zeran to
the nrimeographed
February 11 meet
f'our=yearcurric
rections,
and ot
supplement which
in the supportin
modifications,
e
were to be chose
sketched se-ne of the background of development
rricullli'il f'o r elementary
education.
He called
present
certai.n revisions
that he had made in
recommendations
that were distributed
at the
g. These revisions
included
revision
of the
rl.um with impro-red distribution
of courses,
corer changes cont af.ned on a two-page mimeographed
was d.i st.r-Lbut.ed , In addition,
minor adjustments
courses were propos ed , Dr , Zeran explained
the
pecially
the specification
that 21 elective
hours
in at least
three of six fields .•
e
Dean Colby distr
buted a two-page mimeographed analysis
of the
proposed curricu
run (as presented
February 11) with some comparisons with the p b'Li.s hed cur-r-i.cu.lum of the Oregon College of Education~
He sug ested that tte ct~ri~ulum should include more
social
science,
arlicularly
Amertican Government, Economics, and
Sociology.
Disc s.n.on follmved ill which several
persons participated"
Dean C Hy then moved that the proposed curriculum
be
accepted with th addition
of 12 hours in the fields
of American
Government, Econ mi.cs , and Soc i.c.Logy and the deletion
of the reauirement of "21 hours in at least. three"
fields
selected
from a
list
of six fiel
s , The motion was seconded.
Dean Gilfillan
then moved an "am ndment, that at least
8 hours of additional
science be reaui edo The amendment was seconded but on being
put to vote was eclared
lost.
Dean CoLby+s motion was then put
to vote and was ec Lar-ed lost e Dr. Langton then moved that the
curriculum
and s pporting
courses be approved as proposed.
The
motion was secon edo The council VOTEDto approve the proposed
curriculum
and s pporting
cou rses for the major in elementary
education.
President
Strand
WHATIS OUR
IIEducational
Was
PHILOSOPHY
plan
of
discussi
OF EDUCATION?
held by the facu
appoint a commit
suggest a plan ~
ADJOURNHENT
The meeting
was
alluded again to Best.or+s provocative
book on
elands" and suggested that a seminar or other
n be set up to examine the phi.Losophy that is
ty of Oregon State College.
He said he would
ee headed by Dr. Hovland and Dr. SherbUrne to
r discussions
of educational
philosophies.
eclared
adjourned
at
5:25
e t c Lcck ,
Delmer H. Goode
Secretary